Heart disease – how to prevent. This habit increases the risk by as much as 12 percent

“Type 2 diabetes and a sedentary lifestyle, including long -term sitting, are the main factors of atherosclerotic risk of cardiovascular disease,” the main author of the study Dr. Youngwon Kim, a professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong, pointed out in a press release. Atherosclerosis (ASCVD) includes heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. It can lead to a lower quality of life, the need for aortic-wore or arterial bronzing surgery, limb amputation and even premature death.

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong analyzed medical documentation and lifestyle 346 916 adults, whose personal details were in the biomedical database and research resources in Great Britain. Participants were on average 56 years old and were watched for almost 14 years. At that time, at least 21,265 people developed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Looking for reasons, scientists analyzed, among others Genetic predisposition and lifestyle of the respondents, paying attention to the amount of time spent in front of the TV.

Watching TV for an hour or shorter each day has reported about 21 percent. participants. 79 percent respondents watched television for two or more hours each day. And it was in this group that the risk of ASCVD was found by 12 percent. higher than their peers who watched TV shorter. As emphasized, it was independent of the genetic risk of type 2 diabetes. What's more, people with medium and high genetic risk of type 2 diabetes did not have a higher risk of ASCVD, if they limited viewing of television to one hour or shorter each day.

“Our study provides new insights on the role of limiting the time of watching television in preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in everyone, but especially in people with high genetic risk of type 2 diabetes” – summed up the main author of the study Dr. Youngwon Kim.

– These results complement the evidence that the time spent in a sitting position can be a potential tool of intervention to improve health in humans in general, and in particular in people with high risk of type 2 diabetes – commented the results of research by Dr. Damon L. Swift, an extraordinary professor at the cathedral of the Kinesity at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. – This is especially important because people with type 2 diabetes are more exposed to cardiovascular diseases compared to people who do not have diabetes – he added.

The results of the research of scientists from the University of Hong Kong were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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